William Smith
Age: N/A | From: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: William E. Smith , Bill Smith , Big Bill Smith , William Smith II , William Emmett Smith Jr. , William Emmett Smith
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 116
TV Involvements: 41
Most Famous Work
Biography
William Smith was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 300 feature films and television productions, best known for playing Anthony Falconetti on the TV mini series "Rich Man, Poor Man". He held a BA from Syracuse and an MA in Russian Studies from UCLA. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Smith began his acting career at the age of eight in 1942; he entered films as a child actor in such films as The Ghost of Frankenstein, The Song of Bernadette and Meet Me in St. Louis. He was a regular on the 1961 ABC television series The Asphalt Jungle, portraying police Sergeant Danny Keller. One of his earliest leading roles was as Joe Riley, a Texas Ranger on the NBC western series Laredo. In 1967, Smith guest starred as Jude Bonner on James Arness's long-lived western Gunsmoke. Smith was cast as John Richard Parker, brother of Cynthia Ann Parker, both taken hostage in Texas by the Comanche, in the 1969 episode "The Understanding" of the syndicated television series Death Valley Days, which was hosted by Robert Taylor. In the story line, Parker contracts the plague, is left for dead by his fellow Comanche warriors, and is rescued by his future Mexican wife, Yolanda (Emily Banks). He played outlaw turned temporary sheriff Hendry Brown in the 1969 episode "The Restless Man". In that story line, Brown takes the job of sheriff to tame a lawless town, begins to court a young woman (again played by Emily Banks), but soon returns to his deadly outlaw ways in search of bigger thrills. On Gunsmoke, Smith appeared in a 1972 episode, "Hostage!"; his character beats and rapes Amanda Blake's character Miss Kitty Russell and shoots her twice in the back. Smith has been described as the "greatest bad-guy character actor of our time".
Most Famous Work
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Det. James 'Kimo' Carew
Knight Rider
(1982) Harold T. Turner
Columbo
(1971) Nichols
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Tommy Lad
Hunter
(1984) Sgt. Sal Drasso
Walker, Texas Ranger
(1993) Silas Quint
Death Valley Days
(1952) Marshall Hendry Brown
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Clyde ThorsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Hofbrau Bar Fly | |
| 2018 | Neil Agar ("A Dose of Bee Stings" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Rinaldi (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Bill, the First Director (segment "Her Morbid Desires") | |
| 2007 | Sheriff | |
| Man with Machine Gun | ||
| 2006 | Lester Jiggs | |
| Sam | ||
| 2005 | Spooky Harlow | |
| Emil Brax | ||
| 2004 | Monty | |
| Cal | ||
| 2003 | Rinaldi | |
| N/A | ||
| Lord Zombie | ||
| Lucifer | ||
| 2002 | Sheriff Taggart | |
| 2001 | Draaga (voice) | |
| Count Dracula | ||
| Johnny | ||
| 2000 | Conan's Father (archive footage) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | N/A | |
| Moon | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| Wes Tronker (segment "Devil's Tattoo") | ||
| Bo | ||
| Mario Verelli | ||
| 1997 | Jerry Krants | |
| L. E. | ||
| Rinaldi | ||
| 1996 | Major | |
| Theo Maxwell | ||
| Clyde | ||
| Sam Stompkins | ||
| 1995 | The Man | |
| 1994 | Sheriff Todd | |
| Harold Geiger | ||
| Riverboat Poker Player | ||
| L.E. | ||
| 1993 | Normad | |
| Pharoah | ||
| Silas Quint | ||
| Pharoah | ||
| 1992 | Deacon | |
| Hammer | ||
| Eric Brunner | ||
| Robert | ||
| Det. George Bordelli | ||
| 1991 | Pharoah | |
| Colonel Peck | ||
| Victor Fortunetti | ||
| Hatchett | ||
| Det. Murdoch | ||
| 1990 | Maj. Galashkin | |
| N/A | ||
| Lucas | ||
| Mason | ||
| Fitz | ||
| Pop | ||
| 1989 | Antonio Scarpelli | |
| Dr. Farley | ||
| General Mitchell | ||
| Martelli | ||
| Capt. Joe Wilkes | ||
| Gen. Mintz | ||
| President | ||
| Captain | ||
| Conover | ||
| 1988 | Reed Weller | |
| Major Flynn | ||
| Captain Ripley | ||
| Phillip | ||
| Russian Major | ||
| N/A | ||
| Captain Devlin / Count Sodom | ||
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| 1987 | Dr. Chambers | |
| Morgan Denny | ||
| Colonel Meredith | ||
| Badd | ||
| Burt | ||
| 1986 | Blade | |
| 1985 | Panama Hat | |
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| Albert O'Shaughnessy | ||
| 1984 | Clyde Thorson | |
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| Sgt. Neville Sigerson | ||
| Sgt. Sal Drasso | ||
| Strelnikov | ||
| Steele | ||
| Patterson | ||
| Suicide | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Patterson the Cop | ||
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| Store Clerk | ||
| Jase Tataro | ||
| Dimitri Shasta Kovich | ||
| 1982 | Harold T. Turner | |
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| Conan's Father | ||
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| Monk Hardwick | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
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| 1980 | Jack Wilson | |
| Tolar | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| The Trebor | ||
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| Drew | ||
| Matt Diggs | ||
| John Waverly | ||
| Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson | ||
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| 1978 | Andy Mayfield (as Bill Smith) | |
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| Dan O'Neil | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
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| Stan | ||
| Hoxey | ||
| 1976 | Carl Henrich | |
| Rafe Stoker | ||
| Falconetti | ||
| Shaman Jim Elkhorn | ||
| N/A | ||
| Falconetti | ||
| 1975 | Gus Dolan | |
| Carrot | ||
| Jed Clayton | ||
| Harry | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tom | ||
| 1974 | Butch Wischnewski | |
| Jim Elkhorn | ||
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| Jerry Grimes | ||
| Johnny Nappa | ||
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| Karate Instructor | ||
| Cmdr. Maxwell | ||
| 1973 | Schoolboy | |
| Kyle Kingman | ||
| Neil Agar | ||
| Martelli | ||
| Camper John Allen | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Caribe | |
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| James Eastman | ||
| Hysterical Condemned Man | ||
| Brenner | ||
| Clel Bocock | ||
| 1971 | T.J. | |
| Nichols | ||
| Frank | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Moon | |
| Terry | ||
| Tim | ||
| Link Thomas | ||
| 1969 | Amos (as Bill Smith) | |
| Texas Ranger Joe Riley (archive footage) | ||
| Angel | ||
| 1968 | Texas Ranger Joe Riley | |
| Kitana | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jack Harper | ||
| Det. James 'Kimo' Carew | ||
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| 1967 | N/A | |
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| 1966 | N/A | |
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| Adonis | ||
| 1965 | Turk | |
| Joe Riley | ||
| 1964 | Catoga | |
| Campuits | ||
| Amos (uncredited) | ||
| Amos Martin | ||
| Lank | ||
| 1963 | Deputy Raynor | |
| 1962 | Jimmy Delaney | |
| Richter | ||
| German Sergeant | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tommy Lad | ||
| Andy Adams | ||
| Bill | ||
| Paul Rogers | ||
| Joe Riley | ||
| Spector | ||
| 1961 | Captain of the Guard | |
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| 1959 | MP Officer #1 | |
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| Man (uncredited) | ||
| Barney | ||
| 1958 | Dink | |
| 1957 | Andy Witcoe | |
| 1955 | Jude Bonner | |
| Latch | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1952 | Dan Turner | |
| Marshall Hendry Brown | ||
| 1948 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Man (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Little Boy (uncredited) | |
| Choir Member (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Producer | |
| 1973 | Producer | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1976 | Writer | |
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Directing
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